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swoon

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Noun

swoon (plural swoons)

A faint.
- 1897, Bram Stoker, Dracula Chapter 21
  "I felt my strength fading away, and I was in a half swoon. How long this horrible thing lasted I know not, but it seemed that a long time must have passed before he took his foul, awful, sneering mouth away. I saw it drip with the fresh blood!"
An infatuation.

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swoon (swoons, present participle swooning; past and past participle swooned) (intransitive)

(literally) To faint, to lose consciousness.
Synonyms: black out, faint, pass out
- 1885, Richard F. Burton, The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night, Night 539:
  I threw myself down on the island ground, like a dead man, and drowned in desolation swooned away, nor did I return to my senses till next morning, when the sun rose and revived me.
(by extension) To be overwhelmed by emotion, especially infatuation.
To make a moan, sigh, or some other sound expressing infatuation or affection.
The girls swooned at the picture of their favorite actor.
- 2013 (November 2) Pinky 10 minutes into episode 25 ("The Spy Who Slimed Me") of TV series "Pac-Man and the Ghostly Adventures" per closed captions
  [Swoons] For sure. He's totally dreamy. Uh--but my heart still belongs to you, Pac-ums.

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